HBO ‘Vinyl’ Loses Showrunner, Changing Creative Direction in Season 2

For all the time and effort HBO’s Vinyl took getting out of the studio, the Martin Scorsese-Mick Jagger joint certainly skipped a few beats in its February debut. That didn’t stop HBO from ordering a second season, but now showrunner Terence Winter will depart, as the ‘70s music drama retools creatively in Season 2.

Following the show’s disappointing early run (HBO issued the renewal despite dwindling numbers that followed a 760,000 viewer-premiere), executive producer Scott Z. Burns will take over for Winter, who himself has a history with HBO from his time on Boardwalk Empire. As to what brought about the change, HBO says:

As we head into the second season of Vinyl, we have decided it is an appropriate time to make a change in the creative direction of the show. We have enjoyed a longtime partnership with Terry Winter at HBO on projects from The Sopranos to Boardwalk Empire to Vinyl, and we look forward to our next collaboration with him. We are pleased to welcome Scott Z. Burns, executive producer and showrunner, and Max Borenstein, executive producer, as the new team helming the show.